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If you bought an iPad Mini, you might have noticed that it came with the same 5-watt charger that Apple ships with the iPhone. The iPad 3, 2 and 1 comes with a 10-watt charger, while the iPad 4 has a 12-watt charger. Using the 5-watt charger that cam...

If you’re interested in ordering an iPhone 5 through Apple in the U.S., you’re stuck getting a phone that’s tied to service from one of Apple’s carrier partners. Is Apple ever going to start selling unlocked handsets directly? While such models aren’...

It's rapidly starting to look like your best chance at getting a Surface tablet in the next couple weeks is to head over to a Microsoft retail store, unless your order's already in. For those of you planning to make the trek, Microsoft has revealed a...

Apple elected to construct the handset on its new iPod touch without an ambient light sensor, as had been present in previous generations of the model. While it seems like a small modification, several users are upset that Apple would remove such a c...

Motorola may have started 2012 off with grand plans for Webtop, its app that lets users connect their Androids to an HDTV or laptop dock for extended functionality, but it's been on its way downhill in recent months. The company has confirmed that it...

From hilarious and absurd, to charming and heartwarming, these mobile phone ad spots remind us not just to go out and buy the latest from our favorite manufacturer or carrier, but to laugh or cry a little (on the inside) when we do so. Here are the 1...

The next Galaxy S (probably the IV) and the next Note (probably the III) may ship with Samsung's own web browser, according to a recent report. Samsung is recruiting WebKit professionals and has begun working on a WebKit-based mobile browser. The Web...

The new iPhone 5 for Verizon hit stores today with an unlocked GSM that works with other networks. Of course, you'll need a nano SIM for a GSM provider to take advantage of this ability. But if you've got a Verizon iPhone 5, a spare AT&T SIM and a st...

Docking your iPhone allows you to easily charge it, turn it into a free-standing alarm clock or use its audio-out jack to transform your phone into a stereo. But because the iPhone 5 has a new Lightning port and a redesigned bottom, your regular dock...

When carriers "test" their smartphones, what exactly does that mean? They're looking for how the phones interact with their network. But they're also interested in general performance and stability. T-Mobile has a smartphone-using robot that simulate...

HTC Director of Product Management Graham Wheeler didn't rule out a possible partnership with Research in Motion when recently asked about RIM's plans to license out its BlackBerry OS. "I don't have any knowledge, but that is not to say we are not lo...

Will Apple's next smartphone -- to be unveiled tomorrow -- really be called iPhone 5? While the number 5 clearly appears in Apple's official invite, Best Buy is preparing for both "iPhone 5" and "New iPhone," according to reports. Moniker for the New...

They’re not in the same class of device, and they’re not serving the same buyer segments, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do a comparison video. The Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note II share a common design lineage and a very similar software load, bu...

One week after the verdict in the Apple v. Samsung trial, Samsung is preparing to strike back. The company has made it very clear that it intends to sue Apple if it releases an LTE-capable iPhone. After last week's billion-dollar-plus ruling in favor...

One thing that Google has continued to work on since the launch of the then-Android-Market is app discovery. Even with thousands of great apps ready for you to download and install, they do no good if users just aren’t finding them. In the past we've...

We may soon see a very different product from HTC and Beats Audio: a smartphone. While the phone would carry the Beats brand, HTC would manufacture the hardware. There haven't been any suggestions of just what kind of capabilities the phone could hav...

From leaked hands-on shots, images of components and sketches from patent applications, we've had a ton of opportunities to get a look at Nokia's first Windows Phone 8 hardware. Today we have a new concept render to add to that list, and it doesn't l...

Facebook recently updated its Android application, and shortly after, the brand new iPhone and iPad client were published. But despite the fact that the iOS flavor is, at the moment, somewhat better than its Android counterpart, Facebook employees ar...

Just weeks away from Apple's rumored iPhone 5 launch, LG -- famous for building the iPhone IPS retina display -- announced yet another display launch that's thinner and lighter than its current panels. According to CEO Han Sang-beom, LG "just began m...

The home button. Every modern smartphone and tablet has one. Some are physical buttons that sink into the the front of the device, others are physical buttons that stand out from the glass. Others still are soft-buttons that are capacitive, and maybe...

A few weeks ago, a retailer posted some pre-order prices for Microsoft's Surface tablet that were nothing less than astronomical. But it didn't take long for the truth to come out: These guesses didn't reflect any actual knowledge of what the tablets...

Last week we saw some pics of a Nokia Windows Phone model that we didn't quite recognize. It appeared to run Windows Phone 8. But some things about the imagery just didn't add up, like how the Windows logo was still the old, wavy design. However, a n...

Every time we hear about a new phone with a hardware QWERTY keyboard, we get a little excited. That's not because we're necessarily fans of any one input method over another; but considering how few models have keyboards nowadays, and how even fewer ...

Apple's latest battle with Samsung continues to unfold in court. While there's evidence supporting claims of copied hardware designs, Apple is just as concerned over what it thinks Samsung has been doing with its software. To that end, it's supplied ...

Ubuntu for Android is a project from Canonical that brings the popular Linux system to Android smartphones. It sounded like a feature-packed version of the sort of thing Motorola has going with WebTop, which piqued our interest. A video highlight som...

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